Clothes-pin.



E. V- ANSLYNR CtOTHES PIN. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. m1.

Patentd Apr 2,1918.

eat AVAILABLE COPY EVA V. ANSLYN, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed July 7, 1917. Serial No. 179,200.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Eva V. ANSLYN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda, State of California, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins, and particularly to wire clothes pins.

One object of the present invention is to provide a clothes pin which is formed from a single length of wire so as to include gripping jaws and handles.

Another object is to provide a clothes pin formed from a single length of wire and in which the ends of the wire are properly held out of the way whereby the fingers of the user and the clothes will not be injured thereby.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

in the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothes pin made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side' elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

l ig. t. is a rear elevation of the device.

ltct'erring pm'ticularly to the accompanying drawing there is shown a clothes pin formed from a single length of suitable wire and made in accordance with my invention. The clothes pin includes the loops it). which form the gripping jaws, and the loops 11, which form the handles of the device. One end of each of the loops 10 is bentv to form a horizontal loop 12 extending in a plane. at right angles to that of the loop and at the upper end thereof. The other end of the loop 10 extends at right angles from the upper portion of the loop and is formed into several helix coils which are disposed in a vertical plane, as shown at. 13. Lhe other end of the coils is extended into a second series of helix coils ll. the edges of which are disposed close to the edges of the first coils. and. said second coils are disposed in the same plane as the first coils. The other end of thesecond coils is turned downwardly to fjoinwith the other loop 10. 'lhefother end ,of each of the handle loops 11 is turned upwardly through the loop 12 between the first end of the loop 10 and the adjacent "helix coils. as at 15. It will be noted that'the other end of each of the loops 10 passes through a loop 12, whereby said ends and the ends 15 are firmly bound together within the loops 1.2. and that the ends 15 are pressed against the helix coils. In this way the said ends 15. which would ordinarily catch the fingers of the user or the clothes. and injure them. are properly disposed completely'ont of the way.

What is claimed is:

clothes pin formed from a single length of wire and including a pair of jaw loops, a pair of handle loops rranged in cocxtensivc. relation with the jaw loops. one end of each of the handle loops being turned up- 'wardl v. helix coils connecting the handle and jaw loops. one cnd of each of the jaw loops being engaged around its other end and the said upturned end of a handle loop. said upturned end being held in binding engagement with an adjacent helix coil.

ln testimony whereof. I allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EVA V. ANSLYN Witnesses:

J. S. Bunrnn, Jr.. l1. (1. Wm'rnv. 

